Micro in the summer?

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Has anyone done this? If so, how was it? I'm thinking about taking speech (first session of summer- 4 wks) and then Micro the second session so I can apply to my nursing school Fall 2007. The rush is my time is running out staying with my mom, they are selling their house and other various reasons but I want to have this finished so I can relax a little after this.

Another thing I have to consider though is people entering this particular nursing program can bypass the waiting list altogether if their gpa is above 3.5. I have a 3.56 right now, I don't know if taking micro in the summer will sacrifice that . . .

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Hi Ethnic,

I took Micro last semester and while I loved the class, it just about kicked my butt!! It was very interesting and I loved the hands on lab, but I don't think that I could handle taking it in the summer. I know a lot of people at my CC take it in the summer, though. There is just so much to learn, and with lab being 2x a week in regular session, it is a 3 hour day 4 days a week in the summer. That doesn't even include lecture time. But...please do not let me keep you from taking it if you are really needing to. I would just tell you to be really prepared to study and work hard. I took the class along with A&P II and Psych, so I felt like I was doing nothing but studying :(

I do know that at my CC, they offer Micro as a long summer session which is an eleven week class. Do you know if your school has a long session? Whatever you decide to do, good luck with it. I can understand your need to take classes in the summer to apply this fall. That is what I did last summer also. I got 4 classes out of the way so I could apply for the spring. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to be sure of getting in until next spring.

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micro involved lots of information, you'd have to work your butt off if you plan to take it in the summer in which classes are condensed into weeks

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I believe this class is going to be an 11 week class, I've heard a lot of good things about the professor as well.

I feel as though I'm doing nothing but studying now too blessed! I'm taking Anatomy, Physiology (seperately) and Human Development and it's a lot of work. I'm glad to hear you were able to get 4 classes out of the way last summer (good job by the way, that must have been hectic!)

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Here's what I do for as many of my classes as I can...especially for short summer ones....I start early. First I go online to my school website and do a search for my Prof's name and the course number...or my Prof's name and the word syllabus....if I find their syllabus, I'm golden and get to work on the first couple of chapters.....if I come up empty....then I e-mail the Prof to see if they'll let me know where we'll start....I haven't had one who wouldn't tell me.

Since I (as many do here) work full time while carrying a full academic load....I'm always looking for ways get ahead of my classes before the term starts....that way, if I fall behind, I'm not actually behind....did that make sense?

Peace,

Cathie

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I took Micro during the summer semester & really liked it! It was the only class I took during the summer & yes it was hard, but really fun. I think w/ the hard classes I prefer to "get them over with" & take during summer ... also going M-R really helps keep it in your head. If you have the time, I'd recommend it.

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